TUDCA Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid 14605-22-2 Raw Powder Quick Effect

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Introduction

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is an ambiphilic bile acid. It is the taurine conjugate form of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). Humans are found to have trace amounts of TUDCA. However, bears contain large amounts of TUDCA in their bile; UDCA and conjugates comprise about 47% of the bile in American black bears and up to 76% in Asiatic bears.

TUDCA has been used in ancient Asian pharmacopoeias for its supposed beneficial effects. UDCA is produced in several countries for the treatment of gallstones and liver cirrhosis. It is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, in the U.S. while UDCA is approved in the United States for the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis Ongoing research is finding TUDCA has diminishing apoptotic effects, helping with cardiac function, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's Disease, and stroke.Recently, TUDCA has been found to have protective effects in the eye, especially concerning retinal degenerative disorders.

Description

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, more commonly referred to as TUDCA, is a bile salt that is found natrually occurring in the body. When regular bile salts reach the intestines, they can be metabolized by bacteria into UDCA and then later bound to a taurine molecule to become TUDCA. TUDCA is a water-soluble bile salt, which is in contrast to regular bile salts possessing both water soluble and fat soluble ends and conferring a detergent effect. This is good for the bile salt's biological purpose (emulsifying fats in the intestines to help with absorption) but when bile acids back up in the liver, a clinical state called cholestasis which occurs when the liver is unhealthy, these bile salts can be damaging to cells by destroying the membranes and signalling for cell death.

TUDCA and other water soluble bile salts like UDCA compete with this toxicity and thus indirectly protect cells from death. Additionally, it seems that TUDCA is able to reduce stress to any cell's Endoplasmic Reticulum; an organelle in cells that serves as a highway from the nucleus out into the cytoplasm, and aids in folding proteins. Through reducing ER stress, TUDCA has been implicated in a wide range of beneficial metabolic effects such as reducing insulin resistance and diabetes, and being a neurological protection agent. However, usages of TUDCA beyond the liver are preliminary whereas usage of TUDCA for helping an already harmed liver is quite reliable as TUDCA is used in clinical settings (hospitals) for treating cholestasis.

Steroid PCT Use

TUDCA isn't just for use during steroid cycles. It should also be used in post cycle therapy (PCT). When you run a steroid cycle, your heart and liver are sure to become strained. Continuing to cleanse your body during post-cycle therapy, when you are off the steroids, can help you release the built up toxins. This should help you feel better and return to your health levels before the cycle started. Those that blast and cruise (BnC) can also take advantage of TUDCA, as it cleanses the liver rather effectively even during BnC runs. In simple terms, it means more blasting and less cruising.

The advantage of using TUDCA over other support supplements, such as milk thistle, is that milk thistle will only help your liver, but TUDCA will do so much more to help your overall bile mobilization. For this reason, TUDCA blows away any other cycle support supplement.